Monday, 24 September 2012

Back in August a DT call was made for the Joanna Sheen challenge blog.

I decided to enter and was delighted to be picked as one of the top twelve :)

Today our makes will be put on show and the followers will help to choose the top three.

I made a card with a recessed window. I have never made one of these before but thought I should do something outside my comfort zone. I decoupaged the garden picture and popped it in the recess and decorated the front with flowers from Wild orchid crafts. They are Gardenias, Carnations, Roses, Cherry blossom, Gypsophila and pearl stems.

Here you can see the layers of decoupage which I had printed onto Crafter's companion paper. You can just see that I added twine around the trowel as well.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look and maybe you can pop over to Joanna Sheen to take a look at the other creations. If you like my card don't forget to leave a comment over there and maybe I will chosen in the top three,

Friday, 21 September 2012

It's been a very wet and miserable day today here in Staffordshire, probably where you are too.

I have managed to complete my Joanna Sheen DT call card. I can't share it yet but I was delighted to be shortlisted to the top 12. I have my fingers crossed to be chosen.

My card today is for a young girl who plays the drums.The digi was very kindly given to me by Sandra Dry who sadly no longer has a digi shop but you can look at her old posts Here.

She is coloured using Pro markers, I used metallic pen for the Cymbals, the drums are covered in glossy accents and there are silvery pearls on the corners. The sentiment is from my stash and the papers are Papermania. I decorated the inside and the box to match but the pics were blurry so can't post them :(

Sunday, 16 September 2012

Well I promised I would show you the finished card that I sneek- peeked you yesterday.

It's Madison Attitude from Kenny K. She was a joy to colour and I have paper pieced some of her bags and clothes. It seems to be my thing at the min :)

The papers are Kanban, Raspberry road and some from a magazine. The ribbon is from my stash. The flowers are Wild orchid crafts hydrangea petals which I have coloured with Pro markers, edged with stickles and put cherry blossoms in the centre. There are also 10 mm roses, martha stewart leaves and pins, gems and there is even bits of laces edging out the shopping bags.

Just a fleeting visit for now. I have my Sunday roast cooking (Beef) and I have been busy making cards all afternoon. This is one that I really enjoyed making. Its Ice cream and pickles from The saturated canary.

I have paper pieced her clothes and coloured her with pro markers.

The papers are from Raspberry road and the matting is First edition Up and away.

I have added stickles to the ice cream and glossy accents to the cherry and her lips. Ribbon and gems are from stash and the pearl heart is from Wild Orchid crafts.

Saturday, 15 September 2012

At the minute I seem to be pulled in all directions apart from towards my crafting.

You never know when your last chance for gardening is so I have been cutting the lawn and doing the weeding. The sun has been out and I am very grateful as my washing machine broke on Thursday so I have been hand washing as well as taking a trip to the local launderette.

Needless to say I haven't made a card in a few days but tomorrow shall be crafting heaven. All my main chores are done and apart from a quick tidy up and Sunday dinner all's I am doing is catching up with all my "cards to do" list :)

This little beauty is Madison Attitude from Kenny K. I love her. She will be finished tomorrow so I will share more then.